Lintong City.

This small city adjacent to Chang'an in the east fell when the Huns came to invade in advance, and now it is already the sphere of influence of the Xiongnu and Han States. In the early morning of this day, more than 30,000 Hun troops retreated all the way east, retreated to this city, and then temporarily recuperated and adjusted. Because it was a defeated army with low morale, countless soldiers poured into the city, and some of the small Lintong could not squeeze these many people for a while, and the streets and alleys, long sighs and short sighs and shouts and scolding were always deaf, although there were generals and captains at all levels who were silent for a while in the command and dispatch, but now it was lunch time, and all parts of the city began to become chaotic and noisy.

In the small and low county office, against the backdrop of the chaotic voices outside, it looks very gloomy and quiet. One person sat upright in the hall, frowning and pondering, it was Liu Yao, the king of Zhongshan in the Xiongnu Han Kingdom.

Since joining the army at a young age, in the past ten years, the army and horses of all parties and departments have fought against each other, although they have also suffered defeats, they are always a few times, and they are all for a reason, which is understandable. Where can it be like yesterday under the city of Chang'an, it was already a victory in hand, and the merit of destroying the country was at your fingertips, but in an instant, the strong generals and elite soldiers were defeated and lost, and they were really defeated inexplicably, and they were very unwilling!

Longxi Army! The knife that came out of this oblique stab seemed to be stabbed squarely in his waist and abdomen, which was both accurate and ruthless, so that he had no way to exert his strength from the beginning to the end, so he could only cover his wound and flee by himself in embarrassment. Or, in the eyes of the world, he Liu Yao is now like a detached wild dog that has bitten a steel plate, causing ridicule and abuse in vain.

It's hard to swallow! If he is angry and the world is bleeding and drifting in the natural nature, he must reorganize the army, kill back immediately, and attack Chang'an endlessly regardless of the consequences.

But Shicai received another military report, and there were twists and turns in the east. Liu Han, the assassin of Youzhou in his country, didn't know if he was crazy, and he took the initiative to surrender to Duan Piyan, the lord of Xianbei in the western Liaoning section adjacent to him, and Duan Piyan entered Youzhou City in a grand manner, unwilling to return to the Han State. As a result, the Jin Dynasty and the state assassin Liu Kun, Leling Taishou Shao Xu, etc., were connected with Duan Piyan, and they made an alliance with each other to jointly make enemies of the Han State, and Jizhou and even Hebei were shocked.

Therefore, the current situation is really up and down. Chang'an's remnants of the Jin Dynasty will not be extinguished for the time being, and it is expected that it will not be able to set off a big storm in the short term. But Shanxi, Hebei and even the land of Youyan, once the momentum rises, it will be a beacon fire, and half of the country will disappear in an instant. It is clear at a glance which is more important than the other.

The emperor threw the Hebei military into Shile. But Shi Le blindly bought people's hearts, and the use of people was unknown, that Youzhou assassin Liu Han was Shi Le's protection, but he turned around and rebelled against the enemy, and then became a confidant. And the key point is that Shile is gradually becoming strong in Hebei, and it has a vague meaning of becoming a force of its own, and it is suspected that he has two ambitions. In this hidden danger, Liu Yao also secretly admonished Emperor Liu Cong, but Liu Cong had no intention of political affairs, but laughed at Liu Yao for being too sensitive and not to be suspicious of heroes for no reason.

The nameless fire burned vigorously in my heart. Although the emperor has not yet issued an edict ordering him Liu Yao to return to the division to rescue, if he takes the initiative to go up and wave his army to the east, and unexpectedly enters the eastern battlefield, not only can he stabilize the situation on the surface, but can he also take the opportunity to weaken Shi Le's forces in Hebei in private? Shi Le has always felt that his heart is different, and he is afraid that he will eventually have a heart of disobedience, and he must not sit back and watch him grow rapidly.

However, the emperor is pampering himself and does not listen to advice, it seems that he still has to take the initiative to find an opportunity to open the gap. Liu Yaowu sat and thought sullenly, whether to attack Chang'an again, or take advantage of the situation to attack and merge with the state to alleviate the urgent need, and take the opportunity to get rid of potential ministers, although Liu Yao has made some comparisons, but after all, he is still a little unwilling, and hesitates left and right.

Under the anxiety, Liu Yao couldn't control his emotions for a while, and raised his hand to overturn the desk in front of him. There was a strange sound of "boom", the desk Huo Ran knocked to the ground, the sawdust collapsed, and the Yantai pen holder and a tea cup on the table were all shattered to the ground, and the fragments were splashed everywhere, and there was a loud noise in the hall.

The guards outside were shocked when they heard the sound, and a few heads poked in from the side of the door, seeing this situation, which one still didn't understand that the king was in a very bad mood and was venting, but there were crumbs everywhere, and these waiters were not allowed to see it, so several people looked at each other, still gritted their teeth and stubbornly scalped, trotted in, each crouched down, and quickly cleaned up with their hands and feet, for fear of touching some moldy head, and one accidentally crashed into Liu Yao's thunderous anger.

Although Liu Yao has a fierce temperament, he has a little advantage, that is, he rarely gets angry with irrelevant subordinates. If it's your responsibility, then killing your head is just a blink of an eye; If it really has nothing to do with you, then no matter how bad the mood is and how anxious the situation is, Liu Yao will restrain himself again and again, and he is easily unwilling to vent his anger on even a big-headed soldier.

Liu Yao turned his head sideways, sulking to himself. He heard the crowd of footsteps coming in, and without looking up, he knew that it was the soldiers who had come in to clean up the mess for him. Although when people are annoyed, they generally want to be quiet and alone, and they don't like to be dangled around by others, and Liu Yao is the same, but the corners of his mouth moved, but he still couldn't help but reprimand, and let the sound of broken footsteps and the strange sound of cleaning the residue ring in his ears one after another.

After a short time, several pro-soldiers packed up and bowed back and went out. Liu Yao didn't move, his eyes stared at the corner of the wall in a daze, but his mind became more and more confused, and he didn't know what he was thinking. When I was unhappy, I heard footsteps coming in from outside.

"Bastard! Now that you've cleaned up, what are you going to do without permission, get out! ”

Liu Yao's heart became more and more unhappy. It was okay for the soldiers to run in, but they didn't summon them at the moment, and someone inexplicably broke in, so they had to force themselves to make an example and kill a few people to vent the fire.

Liu Yao's scolding words blurted out, turned his head and glared angrily, and when he was about to have a further attack, he found that the person who came was not someone else, but his beloved son Liu Yin.

Liu Yin stepped forward, bowed down, and said cautiously: "Father, the child came without telling him, and the father will stop the wrath of thunder, don't hurt yourself." ”

“…… Hmm, it's Yin'er. ”

Liu Yao took a breath, sat upright, blinked, adjusted his mood, and reluctantly eased his voice and said to Liu Yin, "You are here, what is the matter with finding your father." ”

"Back to the father, the child is not a big deal, just thinking that the father is alone here after a hurried lunch, the child can not rest assured, I am afraid that the father will be alone, depressed mood, so I want to rush over to talk to my father and relieve boredom."

"Oh, good. You have a simple filial piety and are a good boy. ”

Liu Yao heard it in his ears, and immediately felt some warmth in his cold heart. He looked at Liu Yin, but saw his beloved son standing in the hall, although he was only fourteen years old, his face was like Fu Fan, and his eyebrows were exceptionally delicate and handsome, and there was another layer of grace and nobility of the princely general's son than last year, he was really a handsome and handsome young man!

Liu Yao's originally ice-solid face seemed to be blown by a warm spring breeze at this moment, and inadvertently, the cold and hard lines were stretched. He beckoned, and said with a faint smile: "Come, Wu'er sit down next to my father, and my father and son will have a good talk." ”

Liu Yin hurriedly agreed, moved a stool from the hall, and sat down next to Liu Yao with a smile. Liu Yin slapped him on the shoulder, and said in a mumbled voice: "I'm still a little thinner, but compared to the previous two years, I look like a man." Yin'er, you remember, we are the men of the grassland, the descendants of Mao Dun Da Danyu, and we are bound to grow up mighty and strong, so that we can step on the glorious footsteps of our ancestors, step on the horse and dance the sword, and conquer the world. ”

Liu Yao's thick and strong hand pinched Liu Yin's arm, and said: "But you can't learn from those Han people, drunk and dreaming of death, moaning without illness, and wasting that little strength in wine and talk, which is despised." ”

Seeing his father's serious face and serious words, Liu Yin opened his clear and bright eyes, nodded and responded: "Father, rest assured, the child will remember his father's teachings for the rest of his life, and he will never let you down." ”

Liu Yin's eyes were full of reverence when he looked at his father, and he couldn't help but say: "So sheep are born to be the food of the blue wolf, no matter how strong the wild boar is, it can't fight the tiger's minions." Although the Jin Dynasty was willing to fall and bring about its own destruction, in front of his father's tiger power, even if Emperor Xuan of Jin was still alive, he was afraid that he would not be able to save the situation. ”

"Hehe, aren't you flattering your father to your face?" Liu Yao laughed, although he felt that he had said it, but his son's heartfelt reverence still made him feel very happy.

"Sima Yi. It can also be regarded as a generation of heroes who are both civil and military, wise and resourceful. Don't look at the Sima family now is not as good as one, but if you really want to talk about their ancestors, it is still worthy of admiration, if it is really Sima Yi who is still in charge of the Central Plains, where can we do such a family business today! ”

"Yin'er, you remember, if the Han people are united in a group, we will fight for people, money, and all kinds of strength, which are obviously insufficient. But they themselves are not angry, and they have made a mess of a good country, so we can't blame us for taking it. ”

Liu Yin slapped his hands and sighed: "This kid knows." When Emperor Sima Chi of the Jin Dynasty was captured by his father and escorted to Beijing, His Majesty once asked Sima Chi: "Your family is killing each other, why is it so powerful?" Sima Chi replied: 'This is probably not personnel, but the meaning of God. The Great Han will be ordered by Providence, so they will expel each other for His Majesty. Besides, if my family can pursue the great cause of Emperor Wu and all families are harmonious, how can Your Majesty get the world! Although Sima Chi is also flattering, the meaning of this is really emotional. ”

The father and son talked for a while. Liu Yao saw Liu Yin's words and demeanor, and his expression was always a little eager to try, and with some hesitation, he knew in his heart that he must not have come for nothing. Liu Yao raised his eyebrows and said: "What words does Yin'er have in her heart, so unpleasant, is there any selfish calculation that cannot be seen in front of her father?" ”

Liu Yin hurriedly got up and responded: "Father's cave candle machine first, the child really admires." The child does have some superficial opinions, but it is related to the current military aircraft, so he has been hesitating whether to talk about it or not, so he hesitates, not to disrespect his father. ”